Add elegant vertical structure and year-round beauty to your landscape with Carolina Cone Holly, a distinctive evergreen holly prized for its narrow columnar form, glossy foliage, and vibrant red berries. This refined holly naturally develops a dense, upright habit that makes it an outstanding choice for privacy screens, living fences, entryway accents, and formal garden designs.

Rich dark green leaves provide attractive evergreen color throughout the year, while abundant red berries create a spectacular display during fall and winter, attracting birds and adding seasonal interest. Its naturally narrow profile allows it to fit beautifully into smaller spaces where traditional broad-growing shrubs may be impractical.

Hardy, adaptable, and low maintenance, Carolina Cone Holly offers exceptional landscape performance and year-round ornamental appeal. These healthy plants are shipped established in quart-size nursery pots and are ready to thrive in your garden.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Carolina Cone Holly
✔️ Quart pot plant
✔️ Evergreen columnar holly
✔️ Berry-producing landscape plant
✔️ Healthy, rooted plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Carolina Cone Holly
• Botanical Name: Ilex x ‘Carolina Cone’
• Plant Type: Evergreen shrub or small tree
• Growth Stage: Established potted plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Well-drained, slightly acidic soil; adaptable to various soil types
• Watering: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
• Foliage: Glossy dark green evergreen leaves
• Berry Color: Bright red
• Mature Height: Approximately 15–20 feet
• Mature Width: Approximately 6–8 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 6–9
• Container Friendly: Yes, when young and properly maintained

Care Tip

Plant in full sun for the best berry production and densest growth. Its naturally upright form requires minimal pruning, making it an excellent low-maintenance privacy or accent plant.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.